"No more tears-- "
Subtitle: struggles for land in Mpumalanga, South Africa
By: edited by Richard Levin and Daniel Weiner.
Contributors: Levin, Richard, 1954-; Weiner, Daniel.
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Land reform -- South Africa -- Mpumalanga.; Land use, Rural -- South Africa -- Mpumalanga.; Rural development -- South Africa -- Mpumalanga.; Agricultural development projects -- South Africa -- Mpumalanga.; Homelands (South Africa); Political participation -- South Africa -- Mpumalanga.
Other titles: Struggles for land in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Description: In South Africa, land and agrarian reform policy is presently being developed as a top-down exercise increasingly informed by a neo-liberal macroeconomic policy orientation. In the book, this elite driven transition is contrasted with a proposed popular program of radical transformation.

The specific role of the World Bank is criticized, and the results of a uniquely participatory research and policy development project recently undertaken in Mpumalanga Province (formerly the Eastern Transvaal) are presented. The book demonstrates why incorporating indigenous local knowledge already "at work" in poor rural areas into development of land and agrarian reform policies is essential for truly democratic social and economic transformation.

This is an important book that will be useful for policy-makers, academics and the general public alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.